NATICK, Mass., June 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:KPTI) today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced public offering of common stock have exercised their option to purchase an additional 397,087 shares of its common stock at a price of $42.50 per share before underwriting discounts. On June 26, 2014, Karyopharm announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 2,647,247 shares of its common stock at a price of $42.50 per share before underwriting discounts, of which Karyopharm sold 2,447,247 shares of its common stock, and certain existing stockholders sold 200,000 shares of common stock. The closing of the offering, including the option exercise, is expected on or about July 2, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions.
Gross proceeds to Karyopharm, before sale of the additional shares subject to the option will be approximately $97.8 million, and will be approximately $120.9 million after giving effect to the option exercise. Karyopharm will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.
BofA Merrill Lynch and Leerink Partners LLC are acting as joint book running managers for the offering. JMP Securities LLC, Wedbush PacGrow Life Sciences and Oppenheimer & Co. are acting as co-managers.
A registration statement relating to this offering was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2014. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attn: Prospectus Department, or via email, at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com, or from Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA, 02110, or by phone at 1-800-808-7525, ext. 4814, or by email at Syndicate@leerink.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Karyopharm
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:KPTI) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel first-in-class drugs directed against nuclear transport targets for the treatment of cancer and other major diseases.
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